Discrete and continuum third quantization of gravity

DOI10.1007/978-3-0348-0043-3_4MaRDI QIDQ2902592zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Steffen Gielen, Daniele Oriti

Publication date 21 August 2012

Published in Quantum Field Theory and Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.2226

zbMATH Keywords

loop quantum gravitythird quantizationgroup field theoryspin foam modelslattice gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

Abstract: We give a brief introduction to matrix models and the group field theory (GFT) formalism as realizations of the idea of a third quantization of gravity, and present in some more detail the idea and basic features of a continuum third quantization formalism in terms of a field theory on the space of connections, building up on the results of loop quantum gravity that allow to make the idea slightly more concrete. We explore to what extent one can rigorously define such a field theory. Concrete examples are given for the simple case of Riemannian GR in 3 spacetime dimensions. We discuss the relation between GFT and this formal continuum third quantized gravity, and what it can teach us about the continuum limit of GFTs.

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